A migrant TikToker with a 500,000-strong online following is offering his comrades tips on how to “invade” unoccupied homes and invoke squatters rights in the United States.
Venezuelan national Leonel Moreno, who goes by the handle @leitooficial_25 on TikTok and Instagram and appears to live in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, said in a recent video that under US law, if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it.
He appeared to be referring to adverse possession laws, commonly known as squatters rights, which allow unlawful property occupants rights over the property they occupy without the owner’s consent.
Moreno claimed in the viral TikTok clip, which has drawn close to 4 million views, that he has friends who have “already taken about seven homes.” 4 A TikTokker tells illegal immigrants how to ‘invade’ American homes and invoke squatter’s rights as provocative video is seen more than 3M times. @leitooficial_25/TikTok 4 A screengrab seen from the viral video. @leitooficial_25/TikTok 4 Migrant plead with the Texas National Guard to be let in on the north embankment of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas in order to be processed by Border Patrol on March 20, 2024. Omar Ornelas / El Paso Times / USA TODAY NETWORK 4 Real estate of a home occupied by squatters at 26-07 160th St. on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 in the Queens , N.Y. James Keivom
The firebrand influencer argued that the only way for his fellow migrants not to live in the streets is to “invade” unoccupied homes.
